Clothes-clamp.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 7 1903- S. BROWN.

CLOTHES CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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SAMUEL BROWN, OF WATERLOO, CANADA.

CLOTH ES-CLAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,777, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed December 1, 1902. Serial No. 138,527. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BROWN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes-clamps; and the object thereof is to provide a simple and efficient clamp which can be fastened to the side rails of the bed so as to clamp the corners of the cover and effectually prevent any displacement thereof.

The construction of the device will be clearly understood by reference to the following description, in connection with the accompany drawings, in which- Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of a bed, showing the application of the clothes-clamp. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the clothes-clamp, and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View through the same.

The base of the clamp comprises a bar 1,having an enlarged extension 2, forming a head which is provided with diverging edges, and this head supports a rigid semicircular'clamping-jaw 3,havingacurved side provided witha groove 4, conforming to the contour thereof. Longitudinally arranged on the bar 1 and slidably secured in a tubular guide 5 is a springcontrolled reciprocating shank 6,011 one end of which is a movable jaw 7. The movable jaw comprises a strand of wire bent intermediate its ends in the form of a semicircle 8 to con form to the shape of the curved portion of the jaw 3 and rest in'the groove 4:, thence downward and outward to form kinks 9 and 10, the ends of the wire strand being then bent inward toward each other in the form of segments 11 and 12 until the strands nearly meet, the free ends then being run parallel with each other and fastened to the end of the shank 6. The segmental portions of the strands 11 and 12 coincide with the groove 4c in the rigid jaw 3 and areadapted to rest against the same when the jaw is projected.

The base 1 is provided with a longitudinally-arranged slot 13, in which is secured a tension-spring 14, connected at one end to the shank 6 and at the other end to the base. This tension-spring normally holds the sliding jaw in engagement with the rigid jaw, so that the clothes will be securely clamped between the two and held against displacement. The shank and movable jaw can be withdrawn out of contact with the rigid jaw by means of the knob or button 15 on one end of the shank.

In Fig. l I have illustrated the preferred position of the clamp, whereby the corners of the bed-covers can be engaged by the two jaws to securely hold it against displacement. It will be apparent, however, that the clamp can be fastened to any other convenient support, if desired.

It will be apparent that a device constructed in accordance with the invention just described will be inexpensive, durable, and efficient and can be readily manipulated so as to engage or release the bed-cover or other devices which it engages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination of a base having a rigid jaw formed at one terminal thereof, the said jaw being formed with a convexed recess,

and a spring-pressed longitudinally-slidable jaw supported on the upper portion of the base and having its terminal also provided with a concaved recess, the concaved recessed terminals of both jaws being contiguous and unitedly forming an exposed end of the device.

2. In a clamp of the class set forth, the combination of a rigid jaw, a spring-controlled, longitudinally-slidable shank arranged on the rigid jaw, and a second jaw secured to, and movable with, the said shank, and comprising a strand of wire bent to form segmentally-curved portions to engage the rigid jaw, the jaw carried by the shank being normally in a plane parallel with the rigid jaw and yieldable to secure the bedclothes engaged thereby between both jaws.

3. In a clamp, the combination with a rigid jaw, of a spring-controlled sliding shank arsigned to engage the rigid jaw for the purpose ranged adjacent to the rigid jaw, a jaw cardescribed. i0 ried by the shank comprising astrand of wire In testimony whereof I affix my signature bent to form a curved portion, oppositely-loin presence of two witnesses.

' cated kinks carried by the ends of the curved SAMUEL BROWN.

portion, and segmentally-cnrved portions Witnesses: adjacent the kinks and connected to the A. B. MCBRIDE, u

shank, said segmentally-curved portions (Te- H. MOLEAN. 

